Fade in to our broken-hearted, blue-eyed heroine: Trinity Scott, an actress and spokesmodel from Texas, by way of Washington state. She's on the phone to a friend, distraught over the fact that her fiancé got cold feet and called off their engagement.

“When a girl says ‘yes' to a guy, that's kind of like a wedding to her,” explains Trinity, 32. “No matter what ... they put you through – and sometimes I think we put up with more than we should – an engagement means a lot to a woman's heart.”

Cut to an interior shot of a bachelor apartment in Venice (California; we haven't got the money here for exotic Italian locales). On the other end of the line, Matt Koehler, friend to both Trinity and the runaway fiancé, is trying to console her. It's not the first time he's had such a call. As the former couple confide their sides of the story to him, Matt's stuck in the middle, as friends can sometimes be in the soap opera of a breakup.

Meanwhile, Matt's other friend, Thomas Brown, 31, is overhearing all these conversations as he hangs out with Matt. (Matt's also an actor; Thomas is a former actor-turned-restaurateur and manager of The Ranch in Anaheim. Picture handsome, young, single guys who still have hang-out time.)

Finally Thomas says, “Matt, who is this Trinity you keep talking about?”

Because this romantic comedy is set in modern day, Matt does a few taps on his smart phone and reveals Trinity's Facebook page.

It takes Thomas just one look. “Dude, hook a brother up!” he implores.

“Come to think of it,” says Matt, “you two would make a good couple.”

Zoom in on the photo that has sparked this reaction – a dazzling profile shot of Trinity wearing a red evening gown, all done up for one of her spokesmodel gigs. She looks, as Thomas later recalls, “like a movie star.”

“It was my eat-your-heart-out to my ex photo,” Trinity admits.

“Instead it got my heart,” Thomas says.

(Cue: Aaawww.)

Ah, but as we know from all good romantic tales, the road to true love never runs in a straight line. Here's where we get the montage shot, showing that a respectful amount of time is passing as Trinity tends to her broken heart, traveling on assignments, working car shows, going to auditions. Thomas works crazy hours, goes on a few uninteresting dates, thinks about the girl in the red dress. Trinity, a devout Christian, prays that God will heal her hurt and let her be open to whatever divine program he has in store for her.

So when Matt casually broaches to Trinity that he has a friend named Thomas she might enjoy meeting, what does Trinity do? Instantly shoots him down. “Like I want to meet another one of your friends.” (Eye roll.)

All right, so that “being open” thing took some work.

But then, finally, one day about 10 months after her breakup, Thomas is at Matt's apartment when Trinity happens to be in town.

“I felt like I knew right away, as cheesy and stuff as that sounds. She walked into the apartment with Matt, and I just knew,” says Thomas.

“He was so attractive, the most amazing smile, and we were just lost in conversation,” she remembers.

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